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The current site of the cathedral has been used as the seat of a bishopric since the 6th century. It is likely that it was built in place of an older sanctuary. The old building was completely replaced by a Gothic church in the 12th century. In 1490, the tower and the western facade of the Gothic church collapsed. An endless reconstruction of the western massif was undertaken, which lasted 163 years and resulted in the granite facade that we know today, which is largely in the classical style.

Repovačka mosque was probably built in the second half of the 16th century. During the Austro-Hungarian domination (1878-1918) the mosque building was used as a warehouse. After the restoration in 1924, the mosque was again used by the faithful for prayer. From 1943, the mosque was converted into a warehouse and shortly afterwards the harem was converted into a cattle market. The building was last repaired after the war, between 1992 and 1995.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged in the early 19th century. First, it appears on a cadastral map of 1863, but the earliest preserved gravestone relates to the 1820s.

Beautiful, stately church hall in an older building. Still in use for services of the Restored Apostolic Missionary Church.

The Restored Reformed Church in Alblasserdam is a church building erected in 1900. It serves worshippers from the Restored Reformed Church.

The Resurrection Cathedral was built in 1995 in honour of the victory day of the Second World War. It is the largest religious building in the city of Brest and one of the largest in Belarus. In 2011 and 2012, the upper parts of the domes were decorated with gold leaf instead of silver according to the orthodox tradition of religious architecture.

The Revheim church is a wooden church built in 1865 by the famous Norwegian architect Linstow. The church was restored in 1954 and received a new part of the choir and a new extension to the east. The church was partially destroyed by fire in August 1992 when two 17-year-old boys broke in and set fire to the altar.

The catholic cathedral of Rēzeknes was first built in 1685 as a wooden church given to the Jesuits. It was rebuilt in 1750 but burned down in 1887 during a storm. The construction of the present stone church began at the end of the 19th century and was completed in 1902. In 1995, the then Pope John Paul II granted the church the status of a cathedral.

The Orthodox Church in Rēzeknes was built from 1840 to 1846, following the visit of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I to Rēzeknes in 1834. In 1854, only eight years after its consecration, the church was in danger of collapsing due to poor construction and brickwork. The church was therefore temporarily closed and repairs were carried out.

The cemetery has around 500 tombstones. Most of them have fallen, and a considerable part of them are broken. One side of the cemetery has remains of an old masonry wall.